by*?££*
day, Sept. 1, the Bee Trc.
‘“cnic will bring gladnes;
U low ship to many people 1
i brine extra work to i
eood housewives The me,
Ley fixing up the ground
is gala event takes place
ReV don’t mind—they haw
doing this for almost ,1
The Bee Tree picnic wa
around 1880, and I hav,
board of one being missed
few times has it rained oi
ith
f about the turn of the cent
,,f the meat served a
bios was wild meat. Day
there would be hunting an<
contests. Imagine th,
tables ladened wit!
j wild turkey, broiled grous.
chealnut covered mountains stack,
speckled trout, all ‘^rn
ished around with lucious pies and
tarts of wild berries an<f fruits
cakes and goodies made from water
ground flour and meal. Ah yes
with all our modern super markets’
f^ddtr,ikreea,ly kn0W s
I do not know who all the
founding fathers of this affair
were probably the heads of an
the leading families in the com
mu",t” J°'ned in I am sure my
mother attended the first one and
a great many since. When I was
a little shaver, 1 would look for
ward to this trip for weeks ahead
1 would start praying for the
northwest wind to be blowing 0n
uat- day- I was positive that if
the breeze was from this direction
the skies would be blue and the
weather fine, it usually was. We
would hitch the horses'to the car
riage that served so many pur
poses, including a community
hearse, as soon as the milking and
other chores were finished. I re
member one morning mama’s milk
had turned, and it was imperative
that she churn before we started.
She had a barrel churn the lid
of which fastened down with
clamps. In her hurry she forgot
to clamp down the lid. Mama did
all things with vim and when she
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i HALLMARK CARDS e WHITMAN CANDY • REVLON
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cream uver sourea
kitchen n’"e • rush'nK over the
the churn°r5 ,n a m*Sbty torrent,
vear hd cFashinK ahead. That
ner time.JUSt d'd make ik by din
dreVl?,!™1" i t’mo .when vve were
I ; 1K !i ionS, slim snake crawl
er J,aVmd0r the bed- It had
^fredDthr^b a forgotten auger
order iRfPtl,e slaughter was in
older before we finally got ready
f,K.°> bl,t I felt confident that
nothing could keep us away from
the Bee Tree picnic.
Through the early September
wbITK T ,'vould 6°- the carriage
wheels clucking pleasantly, the
harness trappings jingling merrily
the noises clop-clopping along, the
dry dust spraying out around their
heavy hooves like tiny bomb ex
plosions. As for me, my weathei
eye was on the thunderheads that
were peeping over the distant hills
(1 was deathly afraid of storms)
\Ve went around the old road b\
the lull Alexander farm then. The
horses were unhitched and tied te
trees with a bunch of hay withir
C°2c,;-u0r dad wanted his animals
tod. \\ hen I first remember going
the building there was a school
house instead of a church.
In those early days 1 don’t be
lieve they had a refreshment stane
as they did later, bought ic<
cream was exceedingly rare an<
this was b.c. (before Cake), bu
there would be a load of water
melons, which was a real trea
for us, for it was few melons w<
got in those days. The food wa
always abundant, it was as if th<
cornucopia had been emptied aloni
the tables.
Through the years there hav.
been many distinguished speaker
at this gathering, a few recen
ones that I can call to mind wer
the Rev. Wayne Williams, Sen
Kerr Scott, Roy Taylor, C. R. Sum
ner, and last year Dr. Henry Jen
sen sang a ballad that he had com
posed about Bee Tree. In the of
days Allen Coggins and Neel
Melton furnished most of th
speaking and amusement in th
morning session, with Henry a
George Bartlett arranging specis
singing. They usually have som
string music.
There used to be a ballgam
and horseshoe pitching in the af
ternoon. Bee Tree had a ball tear
as did other communities, som
visiting team would come and
lively game would take place,
can still picture Allen Coggin
pitching. He had an offer to pitcl
for a major league team when h
was a young man. Sometimes w
would root for the opposing tear
iust for mischief and this woul
make our Bee Tree kinsmen ver
angry. They don’t do the sport
any more. I guess modern inven
tions are the cause of this, younj
people rather go riding off in thei
cars, others prefer to watch ;
gapie on television, the olde
people just like to sit and talk.
I remember those weary trip
home in the sultry evening. W
would be utterly tired from th
activities of the day, even th
horses seemed jaded, sweating pro
fusely under the harness straps
Sometimes mama would spend th
night with relatives, usually
would stay with her, staying clos
for fear my cousins might teas
It has been the custom for some
one in the neighborhood to hav
a square dance the night follow
ing the picnic, some of us woul
often go back for this, travelin
light in a buggy. I think the
BKILMjt rAKl T GIVEN AT
MRS. WRIGHT'S HOME
Last Friday evening Mrs. Don
Wright and Mrs. Max Woodcock
entertained with a lovely bridge
party at the Wright home on Hol
ly avenue. After the guests had
assembled, a dessert course was
served by the hostesses.
Prizes were awarded to Mrs.
Harry Barkley, high; Mrs. A. C.
Leonard, second high; and Mrs.
Woodrow Beddingfield, low. Miss
Ruby Hall received the bingo
award.
Those enjoying the evening were
Mrs. E. E. White, Mrs. Ray Har
rison, Mrs. E. S. Jackson, Mrs. J.
G. Northcott, Mrs. Dempsey Whit
aker, Mrs. John J. O’Connor, Mrs.
still have the dance, but it is dif
ferent now.
Well, so much for my memories,
let us hasten to the present. As
I told you in the beginning this
Saturday is the day. Why don’t
, you come and join this pleasant
occasion? You will be made wel
come. Clarence Stevens and Verlon
Bartlett have been co-chairmen
1 for a couple of years, and they
1 are doing a fine job. The Hon.
1 George A. Shuford, congressman
from this district, will be speaker
■ of the day. There will be singing,
funmaking, fellowship, a bounti
■ ful dinner under the hemlocks, anil
> as a final enticement Minnie, Bet
■ ty Jean, and myself will assist
: with the evenin'1- program. (Gord
on Greenwood and family have a
; special invitation.) This will be
> at the Bee Tree Christian church,
t Ken Davidson has a snazzy new
1 Chevrolet panel truck. He can de
. liver your egcs to you now while
- they are still warm.
The Black Mountain Garder
- club had a covered dish supper
1 at the community club house Iasi
Thursday night. Later there was
5 a most interesting talk on fal
a gardening by Rupert Duncan oi
l Warren Wilson college. Mrs. H. A
1 Kerlee and Mrs. Jeter Riddle
3 were accepted as members. The
September meeting will be wit!
; the Joe LeVines of the McCoj
- Cove road.
i Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Atkinson wil
3 be moving to their home or
i Laurel circle this week.
1 We visited the Charles Taylors
5 brief!" Sunday night, and founc
i Pamela sick with a sore throat.
3 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stevens
3 of Bee Tree had a cozy visit wit!
i usSaturday night.
1 Betty Jean Shook spent most oi
r this week end with us. Her folks
> had to go to Canton, but Betts
- is so essential to our musical do
' ings she consented to stay with
r us much to our delight.
1 After we went to our church
l" services Sunday morning we went
on to the Tabernacle homecoming.
5 We saw dozens of beloved friends,
- and the food that was spread was
3 beyond description. At this time
3 of year we go to so many of these
- gatherings that I surely have
• trouble with my waistline. A num
3 ber of our choir were there and
1 we rendered several gospel songs
3 on the afternoon program. 1
3 would like to commend Taber
nacle’s junior choir, not only foi
- giving forth good singing, but so
3 sweet to look upon. The Rev. Wil
- co Melton’s talented daughters
1 done several numbers, and I think
? they are most outstanding as a
y duet.
What happens when a NEW PAYROLL tomes to town?
More SPENDING MONEY isn’t the only thing
a new factory payroll brings to town. A
made by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce shows
that 100 new factory workers also meant this
to a community:
296 more people
112 more households
61 more school children
107 more passenger car registrations
174 more workers employed
4 more retail establishments
$590,000 more personal income per year
$270,000 more bank deposits
$360,000 more retail sales per year
Here’s convincing proof, we think, that whatever
helps the Southland to develop industrially is
real contribution to the long-range grow
prosperity of the South. The Southern helps in
many ways.
Our own Industrial Development Department
aggressively seeks new industries for every
available plant site. Our nation-wide advertising
program continually invites business enterpnses
of all kinds to "Look Ahead — Look South, for
greater opportunity. Our modern rail service helps
provide the economical and efficient mass trans
portation so indispensable to industrial progress
and growth.
New payrolls—and all they mean to a community
_ are “coming to town” all over the South. Last
vear 23 000 new jobs were created by industrial
expansion along the Southern Railway System
alone. Many in the South helped bring this about.
All in the South benefit!
SOUTHERN
/yrzsiA^s
V President
railway system
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Stanley Garland, Mrs. Lee Seagle,
Miss Ruby Hall, Mrs. Gordon
Greenwood, Miss Caroline Hall,
Mrs. J. L. Potter, Mrs. Herbert
Daugherty, Mrs. W. A. Allison,
Mrs. Barkley, Mrs. H. A. Kerlee,
Miss Mary Hooker, Mrs. Douglas
Jones, Miss Susan Hooker, Mrs.
D. P. Dinwiddie, Mrs. Bedding
field, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Jeter
Riddle, and Mrs. G. L. Kirkpatrick.
SHOPE CREEK
By Mrs. Thelma Buckner
Rt. 2 — Asheville, N. C.
I am home again from a won
derful vacation with my daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Moody and their son, Jerry of De
troit. They came down on Thurs
day of last week. Fred is con
valescing after his recent heart
attack. 1 accompanied them to
'-lav county to visit his parents
3.1.1 other members of his family.
Others who went from Swannanoa
yere Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moody
Jr., and sons, Michael and Terry.
Millard Bartlett became ill at
ms home with pneumonia and was
taken to Memorial Mission on Sat
urday.
Those who went to Carolina
Hemlock camping recently includ
S'1 *'• R. Creasman and family,
-d' and Mrs. Joe Shope and boys,
_ and Mrs. .Jim Fuller and chiid
yca. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gregg
and Robin, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
and C. W. Shope.
a and Mrs. J. F. Creasman of
< on Royal, S. C., are visiting
relatives here.
Mrs- H. H. Ingle Sr. returned
to Oak Ridge last week for treat
ment.
■t'e Shope suffered an accident
voile at work at Oteen last week,
he stepped on a scythe which he
113.1 oeen using and it struck him
on the forehead above his eye. It
required 15 stitches to close the
wound.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Buckner and
Mrs. J. \y. Buckner of Arden
visited us recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gregg
visited their son and daughter-in
l3W> Mr- and Mrs. Richard Gregg
of Broad River recently.
Mrs. Anna Gregg is much im
proved after a visit with the
doctor.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pyatt and
children of Old Fort have moved
to Shope Creek. They are staying
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Gregg until their house is
completed.
Good work is done without hes
itation, without difficulty, and
without boasting. Observe a bird
building its nest, for eample.
Last Rites For
Miss O'Neal
Last rites for Miss Ida Bell
O’Neal, 04, were held in the chapel
of Harrison Funeral home Monday
morning, Aug. 27. Miss O'Neal,
who had made her home here with
her brother, J. A. O’Neal, Church
street, for the past 14 years, died
in an Asheville nursing home last
Saturday after an extended ill
ness.
The Rev. W. R. Klein and the
Rev. J. H. Gruver officiated at the
services. Burial was in Indiana,
Pa.
Other survivors include two
brothers, Ed of Indiana and John
of Caddis, Ohio; two sisters, Miss
Margaret O’Neal of Black Moun
tain and Mrs. James Keeley of
Fallsburg, Pa.; and several nieces
and nephews.
Officers of the Black Mountain
Presbyterian church of which she
was a member served as pall
bearers.
DR. BURNETT OPENS
OFFICE IN CHARLOTTE
Dr. Thomas J. M. Burnett, form
erly of Black Mountain and Wash
ington, D. C., has become associat
ed with Drs. Baxter, Hall, Laffer
ty, and Coppedge in the practice
of radiology at the Presbyterian
hospital in the Doctors building
in Charlotte.
Dr. Burnett, a member of the
American Medical association and
the Medical Society of the District
of Columbia, received his medical
degree from Bowman Gray School
of Medicine. Following internship
at Jersey City Medical Center, he
entered the general practice of
medicine in Black Mountain. He
volunteered for naval service in
1949 and served at the U. S. Naval
hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and at
Yokoshuka, Japan.
After two years of practice in
Greenville and Albermarle he took
special training in radiology in
Washington. He has had special
training in the use of radio-active
isotopes and nuclear medicine at
Columbia university.
Mrs. Burnett is the former Miss
Iris Willis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. I. Willis of Black Moun
tain. They have three children.
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Sunday afternoon the M.Y.F. of
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enjoyed a picnic at Rainbow lake
on Shumont mountain. They hik
ed to the top of Shumont from
the lake. Upon returning several
of the group went swimming.
Those attending were Martha
Lynn Jackson, Jarvis Dickens,
Ann Ham, Pat Browning, Mona
Allen, James Northcott, Elaine
Gregory, Wayne Morrow, Sadie
Fortune, Marie Benge, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Buckner, Sandra, Terry,
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